This site is made up
of information that I have collected on the people and places of
Perry Barr in the 1800's. It is just a hobby of mine and has
nothing to do with any Local History Society or Genealogy Group.
Although information is basically about Perry Barr, but there is
a bit of information on the surrounding areas - as it was once a very
vast area. If you are looking for Family History look under the relevant
surname lists under A, B, C etc.. If you have an interesting story
about the Perry Barr area, or have old photographs of people who
lived in the Perry Barr area, please let me know.

I am indebted to a
lady named Ann who kindly shared her grandmother's post card album with
me, and to Richard Parkes who keeps giving me 'snippets' of information
about the farmers and farms in the area.

I hold no
responsibility for the accuracy of any of the items in Perry Barr &
Beyond and would strongly advise you to check out personally the
items concern you. May I advise you that I am not a professional
historian, or a computer whiz-kid and neither is my Perry Barr
site complete.

If for some unknown
reason, I have unwittingly "stepped" on someone's toes, please let me
know and I will gladly remove any information that I am not supposed to
publish. The marriages and deaths are indexed from the St. Johns
records (unless otherwise stated). The information of Private Residents
came from directories of that period. The newspaper cuttings are from
the local newspapers of that time, ie. Handsworth Chronicle, Handsworth
Herald, The Post, The Dart etc.

If you are a Company
which started in the Perry Barr area, then please let us have a
little of the history and I will include that.

I would like to thank
all my friends, family and work colleagues who have put up with my
constant chatter about Perry Barr and my web-site, and now, not
forgetting all those people who have been kind enough to send words of
encouragement, support, and appreciation of this web-site. If you find
that there is a broken link, I would appreciate it if you would let me
know and I will rectify it as soon as possible.

Thank you for
visiting this site and I hope you enjoy these pages.....

December 06 - I hope that I
have now upgraded this website. Unfortunately the version I was
using has been updated and so many of the page are out of line, but i
hope it doesnt spoil your enjoyment of these pages.